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Given a quantum state in the finite-dimensional Hilbert space $ \C^n $, the range of possible values of a quantum observable is usually identified with the discrete spectrum of eigenvalues of a corresponding Hermitian matrix. Here any such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-29 Peter J. Hammond

Motivated by the recent developments of pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics, we analyze the structure generated by unbounded metric operators in a Hilbert space. To that effect, we consider the notions of similarity and quasi-similarity…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-24 Jean-Pierre Antoine , Camillo Trapani

The Wigner function for one and two-mode quantum systems is explicitely expressed in terms of the marginal distribution for the generic linearly transformed quadratures. Then, also the density operator of those systems is written in terms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. M. D'Ariano , S. Mancini , V. I. Man'ko , P. Tombesi

We introduce a novel concept which we call as potent value of system observable for pre- and post-selected quantum states. This describes, in general, how a quantum system affects the state of the apparatus during the time between two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-28 Arun Kumar Pati

The formalism of general probabilistic theories provides a universal paradigm that is suitable for describing various physical systems including classical and quantum ones as particular cases. Contrary to the usual no-restriction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-23 Sergey N. Filippov , Stan Gudder , Teiko Heinosaari , Leevi Leppäjärvi

A translation operator is introduced to describe the quantum dynamics of a position-dependent mass particle in a null or constant potential. From this operator, we obtain a generalized form of the momentum operator as well as a unique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 R. N. Costa Filho , M. P. Almeida , G. A. Farias , J. S. Andrade

This paper completes a previous work by constructing a class of positive-energy relativistic spatial localization observables in Minkowski spacetime within quantum field theory, using the stress-energy-momentum tensor smeared with suitable…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Valter Moretti

We describe rigorous quantum measurement theory in the Heisenberg picture by applying operator deformation techniques previously used in noncommutative quantum field theory. This enables the conventional observables (represented by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-03-24 Andreas Andersson

An extension of the conditional expectations (those under a given subalgebra of events and not the simple ones under a single event) from the classical to the quantum case is presented. In the classical case, the conditional expectations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-01-22 Gerd Niestegge

In this paper, without any priori assumption about the post-measurement state of system, we will examine how this state is restricted by assuming each of these following assumptions. First, by using this reasonable assumption that two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Iman Marvian

We discuss conditional expectations that can be used as generalizations of the partial trace for quantum systems with an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space of states.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-17 Bruno Nachtergaele , Volkher B. Scholz , Reinhard F. Werner

Strassen's theorem circa 1965 gives necessary and sufficient conditions on the existence of a probability measure on two product spaces with given support and two marginals. In the case where each product space is finite Strassen's theorem…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Shmuel Friedland , Jingtong Ge , Lihong Zhi

According to Popescu's recent analysis [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf72}, 797 (1994)], {\it nonideal} measurements, rather than ideal ones, may be more sensitive to reveal nonlocal correlations between distant parts of composite quantum systems.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lajos Diosi

Let $M$ be a $B$-probability space. Assume that $B$ itself is a $D$-probability space; then $M$ can be viewed as $D$-probability space as well. Let $X$ be in $M$. We look at the question of relating the properties of $X$ as $B$-valued…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexandru Nica , Dimitri Shlyakhtenko , Roland Speicher

We consider the quantum expectation value \mathcal{A}=\<\psi|A|\psi\> of an observable A over the state |\psi\> . We derive the exact probability distribution of \mathcal{A} seen as a random variable when |\psi\> varies over the set of all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Lorenzo Campos Venuti , Paolo Zanardi

Positive operator valued measurements (POVMs) play an important role in efficient quantum communication and computation. While optical systems are one of the strongest candidates for long distance quantum communication and information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Jaskaran Singh , Arvind , Sandeep K. Goyal

This paper deals with the possibility of transforming a weakly measurable function in a Hilbert space into a continuous frame by a metric operator, i.e., a strictly positive self-adjoint operator. A necessary condition is that the domain of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-27 J-P. Antoine , R. Corso , C. Trapani

We analyze the properties of the conditional amplitude operator, the quantum analog of the conditional probability which has been introduced in [quant-ph/9512022]. The spectrum of the conditional operator characterizing a quantum bipartite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 N. J. Cerf , C. Adami , R. M. Gingrich

We construct the algebra of operators acting on the Hilbert spaces of Quantum Mechanics for systems of $N$ identical particles from the field operators acting in the Fock space of Quantum Field Theory by providing the explicit relation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-10 Nuno Barros e Sá , Cláudio Gomes

A typical quantum experiment has a bunch of apparatuses placed so that quantum systems can pass between them. We regard each use of an apparatus, along with some given outcome on the apparatus (a certain detector click or a certain meter…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Lucien Hardy